Edward Kay

Edward Kay Exhibited at The Saatchi Gallery

Edward KayThe Losers

2008

Oil on canvas on panel

110 x 140 cms

Edward Kayâs paintings are inspired equally by art history and kitsch. His work draws from various archetypal genres such as portraiture and still life to render scenes which have an instant familiarity yet are off-beat. Kay has incredible painting skill which allows him to shift and combine styles fluently, and his canvases convey the serene power of masterworks and the dramatic overtones of graphic illustration.

Edward KayLa BĂȘte

2006

Oil on canvas on panel

25 x 36 cm

Edward KayUntitled

2005

Oil on canvas on panel

53 x 37.5 cm

Edward KayL'enfant en Froulard

2005

Oil on canvas on panel

25 x 36 cm

Edward KayThe Bon Viveur (ii)

2008

Oil on canvas

70 x 60 cms

Kay’s The Bon Viveur (ii) is reminiscent of Georg Grosz’s satirical portraits of 1920s Berlin society. Corpulent, well dressed, with genitalia on his face, Kay’s character is a full-figured image of the ’good life’. Rather than taking a moral position, The Bon Viveur (ii) is a celebration of its own perversity, a connoisseur’s paragon of gluttonous indulgence. The canvas is rendered in a flawlessly decadent style worthy of its subject.

2004
Final Exhibition, Royal Academy Schools, London
Zoo Art Fair. Dicksmith Gallery, London
AT Carney, London
Lexmark Prize, Air Gallery, London
Premiums, Royal Academy, London
Art School, Bloomberg Space, London